Comments on: The Desert Island Legacy http://py111.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/the-desert-island-legacy/ Introduction to Philosophy (University of Essex) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:48:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jgnat http://py111.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/the-desert-island-legacy/#comment-322 jgnat Mon, 11 May 2009 12:52:53 +0000 http://py111.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/the-desert-island-legacy/#comment-322 I know the legal answer. A will is to be respected regardless. Why? You cannot go back in time and confirm the bequestor's original intent. We must take their words at face value. We do not know if he intended to give the money with conditions. On the other hand, how would he ever know? His wishes are between him and you. So really, the burden of choice is on you alone. Can you live with yourself knowing that you have failed to live up to your word? I think the failure to live up to your own moral code is the true cost, and should not be given away lightly. I know the legal answer. A will is to be respected regardless. Why? You cannot go back in time and confirm the bequestor’s original intent. We must take their words at face value. We do not know if he intended to give the money with conditions. On the other hand, how would he ever know? His wishes are between him and you. So really, the burden of choice is on you alone. Can you live with yourself knowing that you have failed to live up to your word? I think the failure to live up to your own moral code is the true cost, and should not be given away lightly.

]]> By: jonolan http://py111.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/the-desert-island-legacy/#comment-85 jonolan Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:53:40 +0000 http://py111.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/the-desert-island-legacy/#comment-85 Rob, Yes I mean that we shouldn't break our oaths. Rob,

Yes I mean that we shouldn’t break our oaths.

]]> By: Rob Farrow http://py111.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/the-desert-island-legacy/#comment-84 Rob Farrow Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:45:15 +0000 http://py111.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/the-desert-island-legacy/#comment-84 Do you mean to imply that we should never break an oath? To obliquely call an oath an oath is clearly tautologous. Do you mean to imply that we should never break an oath? To obliquely call an oath an oath is clearly tautologous.

]]> By: jonolan http://py111.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/the-desert-island-legacy/#comment-74 jonolan Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:08:21 +0000 http://py111.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/the-desert-island-legacy/#comment-74 An oath is an oath. An oath is an oath.

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